Synonyms for verify
ˈvɛr əˌfaɪver·i·fy

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1. verify

   Synonyms:
   establish, confirm, fulfill, authenticate, substantiate, identify, realize, test, warrant, demonstrate

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, fail, falsify, mistake, misrepresent, misstate, disappoint, misdemonstrate

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1. verifyverb

   confirm the truth of

   "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

2. control, verifyverb

   check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

   "Are you controlling for the temperature?"

   Synonyms:
   assure, ensure, ascertain, affirm, control, moderate, hold in, hold, manipulate, aver, assert, check, swan, keep in line, swear, operate, master, see to it, avow, command, insure, curb, see, contain

3. verifyverb

   attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

4. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, affirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

Matched Categories

1. • Confirm
   • Declare
   • Law
   • Science
   • Test

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1. second glance

   to check several times that something is correct

   to look over an essay, test or assignment to check if all the words are spelled correctly

   Submitted by acronimous on May 26, 2014  

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove

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1. List of paraphrases for "verify":

   check, verifying, verification, ascertain, checking, confirm, verified, ensure, test, audit, inspect, monitor, checked, verifiable, determine, see, verifies, validate, examine

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How to use verify in a sentence?

1. Sani Usman:

   We are still working to verify the actual number of the rescued hostages but I can say they include around 60 women and 100 children.

2. David Katz:

   Give me an hour, I'll tell you how to hold a pistol and look professional, you may not be able to really shoot, but you'll be able to look professional when you're holding that pistol -- but I wouldn't trust you to check it and verify the status. Not unless you're trained a little better.

3. Marty Puranik:

   If you give lower level information, or information that can be changed -- for example, a second credit card to verify your identity -- it is easier to change and protect that then a social security number or passport ID.

4. Brian Hyde:

   The purpose is not just to verify residency but to meet our new parents/guardians, searching through things would not be part of this process.

5. Le Foll:

   We have to verify this spying has finished, between allies this is unacceptable and incomprehensible. France does not spy on its allies.